One Mile at a Time

3 in the morning. Ali had the best Halloween costume. If you see him at Pre Footlocker on Saturday you should ask him about it. Some more miles in the afternoon. 1.5 for the warmup with Jared and Matt. We ran the Reaper today! I started out faster than usual which I regret a little. I ended up getting a PR. I think I can break 9 next week, my legs are just still tired from the half marathon but I'm happy with my time. Cooled down and did some abs. Shoutout to Jared whose portrait got hung up in the display case. He's like the Wayne Gretzky of art!!

No run in the morning. I had to get some stuff finished up for a college application. After school we had a 50 minute run. It was very rainy and a little cold. The pack today was Jared, Riley, Matt and Ali. We went pretty fast and Matt complained after because he thought Riley and I were pushing the pace but it was a really good run. We made it to Timp and saw some of the Timp XC girls. Tanner's trail was very muddy today and my calves, shorts and back were just covered. Our last mile we went 5:32 so that was exciting. 6:14 for the average. 4 strides after then we finally benched again so that was nice.

AM- 2.5 miles. Fun run.

PM- Mile warm up then 6 800s. We went pretty fast and it felt pretty good. Mile cool down with Jared, Matt, Riley and Ali followed by stretching and abs. I could tell today that yesterday was the first time benching in a while because I'm too sore from it. Talked about Footlocker too. It's going to be fun and same with NXR. Shoutout to the group from yesterday because we apparantly were darting in and out of cars and running down the center of the road and someone called in a complaint!

AM- 3 miles. It's getting a little cold so that isn't cool.

PM- 5 miles with Jared, Matt, Riley and Ali. I like running with those guys. Nice easy run 6:50 average followed by 4 strides and then weights. The run was actaully very enjoyable because it was easy and the weather was nice and Ali was saying some funny stuff. We also talked to a lady in one of those three wheel cart things you use when you're old and she was going slower than us down the middle of the road with a car behind her. She told us to stay safe so we told her to stay safe as well since she was slowing down traffic. Nice lady though.

Lindon Park x2 plus some 200s and extra. Shout out to my shoes for breaking 300 miles.

Got to AF kind of early and did a lap with Matt, Brian, Ali and Luke. Got our stickers then did a mile on the streets with the guys. It was a little cold but really my hands were the only thing bothering me so I raced with gloves. I don't like how the AF course starts so crowded so I just took off and was near the front which was exciting. Usually Riley passes me after about 1.5-2 miles so this race I decided to lead as long as I could. He caught up to me after about 2.25 and I hung on to him. With about 600 to go I started picking it up because I knew Riley has a strong kick. Riley outkicked me probably in the last 40 meters and beat me by a second. 25th overall and 16:57. Tough race. Mile cooldown then went to McDonald's with some of the team.